How to Turn Off Smart Shuffle on Spotify (Step-by-Step Guide)

Video Overview & Insights

In this DelftStack tutorial, you'll learn how to turn off Smart Shuffle on Spotify so you can enjoy your playlists exactly as you created them—without extra recommended songs being added automatically. This guide walks you through the feature, explains why it exists, and shows you how to disable it properly.

🔹 What You'll Learn in This Video

✅ What Smart Shuffle is on Spotify

✅ How Smart Shuffle adds recommended songs to your playlists

✅ Why some users prefer listening without Smart Shuffle

✅ Step-by-step instructions to turn off Smart Shuffle

✅ Spotify Premium requirements for using Smart Shuffle

✅ What to do if Smart Shuffle keeps turning back on

⏳ Timestamps

⏱ 00:00 – Introduction

⏱ 00:11 – What Smart Shuffle Does on Spotify

⏱ 00:22 – When You Might Want to Turn It Off

⏱ 00:30 – Opening Spotify and Playing a Song or Playlist

⏱ 00:38 – Using the Shuffle Icon to Disable Smart Shuffle

⏱ 01:05 – Summary, Premium Notes, and Troubleshooting

📌 Summary

Smart Shuffle is designed to help users discover new music by mixing recommendations into playlists, but it's not for everyone. This video explains how Smart Shuffle works, who can use it, and how to turn it off so you can listen only to the songs you've added.

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